When you have cholangiocarcinoma, cancer cells grow in your bile ducts, which are a part of your digestive system. Bile duct cancer can move to your lymph nodes, liver, other parts of your ...

As the common bile duct and pancreatic duct are adjacent to one another in the duodenal papilla, pancreatitis secondary to biliary tract obstruction is a common cause; alcohol abuse is another ...

Cholangiocarcinoma is classically described as an irregular narrowing of the bile duct with shouldered scalloped margins. The stricture usually causes a high-grade or complete obstruction with ...

The most common cause of biliary obstruction is gallstones, which are hardened pieces of bile that form in your gallbladder.